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Table 1 Species susceptible to Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus

From: Epidemiological characteristics of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV): a review

Scientific name

Common name

Listed as susceptible by EFSA [30]

Listed as susceptible by OIE diagnostic manual [16]

Disease commonly occurs/produces significant mortality

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow trout, steelhead trout

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chinook salmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Coho salmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus nerka

Sockeye salmon, kokanee

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus keta

Chum salmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus rhodurus

Amago salmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus masou

Masu salmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oncorhynchus clarki

Cutthroat trout

Yes

(Yes)

 

Salmo salar

Atlantic salmon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Salmo trutta

Brown trout

Not assessed

(Yes)

 

Salmo marmoratus

Marble trout

Not assessed

Not listed

 

Salmo namaycush

Lake trout

Yes

(Yes)

 

Salmo labrax (syn. Salmo trutta labrax)a

Black Sea salmon

Not assessed

Not listed

 

Salvelinus alpinus

Arctic char

Yes

(Yes)

 

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brook trout

Yes

(Yes)

 

Salvelinus leucomaenis

Char

Yes

(Yes)

 

Aulorhychus flavidus

Tube-snout

Yes

(Yes)

 

Thymallus thymallus a

Grayling

Not assessed

Not listed

 

Esox lucius

Northern pike

Yes

(Yes)

 

Plecoglossus altivelis

Ayu

Yes

(Yes)

 

Acipenser transmontanus

White sturgeon

Yes

(Yes)

 

Cymatogaster aggregata

Shiner perch

Yes

(Yes)

 

Clupea pallasi

Pacific herring

Yes

(Yes)

 

Gadus morhua a

Atlantic cod

Yes

(Yes)

 

Sparus aurata

Gilthead seabream

II

No

 

Dicentrarchus labrax

European seabass

II

No

 

Psetta Máxima/Scophthalmus maximus

Turbot

II

No

 

Anguilla anguilla

European eel

II

(Yes)

 
  1. II: scientific data partially support susceptibility, (Yes): described in OIE manual as “have occasionally been found to be infected in the wild or shown to be somewhat susceptible by experimental infection”.
  2. aSee comment in text.